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1. angle n.(2)

36 quotations in 4 senses
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(a) A recess, nook, corner (of a building); angle hole an opening or niche in a wall; fig. angle of wrecchednesse [?cp. sense 4]; (b) a section (of a city, a country, etc.), esp. an outlying region or……

2. Angle n.(1)

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Anglia (the continental homeland of the Angles). …

3. acaunt-wīse adv.

Additional spellings: acauntwise, a-caunt-wise
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In a zigzag course. …

4. pent-angel n.

Additional spellings: pentangel
3 quotations in 1 sense
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The representation of a five-pointed star, a pentagram. …

5. shēte n.(1)

15 quotations in 2 senses
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Naut. (a) A rope attached to the clews of a sail; shete de ran, a rope, or sheet, made of reindeer hide [cp. ran n.]; (b) pl. triangular floor boards at the ends of a ship; sterne shete, rear portion……

6. carnel n.(1)

35 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) An embrasure in a battlement; ?also, a window in masonry; (b) solid portion of a battlement between two embrasures, a merlon; pl. battlement(s; (c) crenelated pastry. …

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